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Evidence for a high cost of sex in sexual Campeloma geniculum and hybrid advantage in C. parthenum (freshwater prosobranch snails)

Evidence for a high cost of sex in sexual Campeloma geniculum and hybrid advantage in C. parthenum (freshwater prosobranch snails)

Author

Cargille, Robin T.

Keywords

University of New Orleans. Honors thesis. 1998.; University of New Orleans. Dept. of Biological Sciences.

Abstract/Introduction

The apparent evolutionary stability of sexual reproduction remains one of the few major paradoxes left unexplained by modern evolutionary theory (Williams, 1971; Maynard Smith, 1978; Bell, 1982). Despite the considerable costs inherent in sexual reproduction, it remains the overwhelmingly predominant mode of reproduction in most multicellular eukaryotes (Bell, 1982). To understand the cost of sex and why it has persisted, we must first review the basic differences between sexual and asexual reproduction.

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Degree

B.S.

Degree Program

Biological Sciences

Department

Department of Biological Sciences

Thesis Advisor

Johnson, Steve

Advisory Committee

O'Neil, Pamela; Mooney, Michael E.

Date Degree Awarded

1998;

Rights

The University of New Orleans and its agents retain the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible this thesis in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. The author retains all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis.

Notes

v, 44 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.; typescript; "An honors thesis ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science, with University Honors and Honors in Biological Sciences"; Thesis (B.S.)--University of New Orleans, 1998; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 28-33); May 1998; approved May 6, 1998.